Bell-toller.



T. J. LOKOMETZKI.

BELL TOLLER.

APPLlCATiON FILED JULY 18. 1 911.

1,257,368. Patented Fei .26,1918.

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Application filed July 18, 1917.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS J. LoKo- Mn'rzm, acitizen of the United States, and resident of Milwaukee, in the countyof Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Bell-Tollers; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in bell tollingdevices, particularly those which are adapted for use in church towersand belfries.

T he principal object of the invention is to provide a simple andimproved arrangement for efficiently operating chimes and the like bymechanical means.

It is a further general object of this invention to increase theefficiency and otherwise improve the structure of devices of thischaracter so that they may be more inexpensiveily manufactured,assembled and operate With several other objects in view the inventionresides in the novel features of construction, combination andarrangement of parts which will be hereinafter more particularlydescribed, and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 represents a, plan view of a bell tolling device constructed inaccordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a detail side elevational view of a portion of the deviceshown in Fig. 1.

Although in the present embodiment of my invention the device is shownarranged in plan view in the form of an isosceles triangle, it isobvious that the elements constituting the invention may be arranged inany suitable configuration, the shape of the figure depending upon thenumber of bells which are to be used.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates aplurality of supporting standards which, in the present application areall arranged equidistant from a common center and supported on asuitable platform by the bases 2. The stand ards are connected togetherat their upper and lower ends by upper and lower crank shafts 3 and 4respectively, said standards having suitable bearings 5 and 5' providedfor the reception of the opposite ends of said shafts. The upper crankshafts are merely Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 26, 1918..

Serial No. 181,209.

designed to oscillate in their bearings 5, but the lower crank shaftsextend entirely through their bearings 5' and are caused to revolvetherein.

The movement of the lower crank shafts is caused by any suitableactuating means connected as at 6 to one end of one of said shafts. Theother end of the last mentioned shaft and the adjacent ends of the othershafts 4 are provided with intermeshing beveled gears 7, wherebymovement is transmitted to all of the lower crank shafts.

The upper crank shafts 3 each have a pair of cranks 8 projectingtherefrom between which a bell or other sounding device 9 is fixed,these bells being only designed to sound when they assume certainpositions. Inasmuch as the movement of the upper crank shafts 3 ismerely oscillatory, it is obvious that the bells 9 will merely swingfrom one side to the other of said shafts as shown in the dotted andbroken line positions Fig. 2.

The required oscillatory movement is transmitted to the upper crankshafts from the lower crank shafts 5 b pitmen 10, which are connectedrespect1vely to long and short cranks 11 and 12, the former projectingfrom the shafts 3, while the latter are carried by the lower shafts 4.The difference in length of the cranks l1 and .12 changes the rotarymovement of the lower crank shafts to oscillatory movement in the uppercrank shafts. Thus, although the lower shafts are continually revolvingin one direction, the bells 9 will be moved successively to oppositesides of the upper shafts 3.

The bells being thus arranged to sound when in different positions, itis obvious that by changing their relative positions their time ofringing with respect to each other may be varied. These changes may becarried out by changing the position of the gears 7 and the shafts withwhich they are connected relative to each other. Any number of bells maybe operated by an arrangement of this nature, the present applicationshowing three simply for the purpose of illustration. Various otherchanges may be made in the form and proportion of the several partswithout departing from or sacrificing any of the advantages of theinvention.

I claim 1. In an apparatus of the class described,

a trio of shafts arranged in the form of a triangle, a connectionbetween the adjacent ends of the shafts, a sounding device carried byeach of said shafts, and means for actuating the sounding devices.

2. In an apparatus of the class described, a trio of shafts arranged inthe form of a triangle, a second trio of shafts also arranged as atriangle, the shafts forming the sides of the second triangle beingparallel to those of the first, a connection between the adjacent endsof each pair of shafts, a

sounding device on each of the first mentioned trio of shafts, a crankon each of said shafts, a pitman connecting the cranks of each pair ofparallel shafts, and means for revolving the second trio of shafts tooperate the sounding devices.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand atMilwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin.

THOMAS J. LOKOMETZKI.

